Just got my first ATV, now what?

actripxl said:

Ok, so my PS3 died on me when I tried cleaning it (best system I've ever had) but I don't plan on buying another one until black friday to get a good deal on a bundle. In the mean time I just got an ATV so my family can watch Netflix while they are visiting.

I will be downloading Mountain Lion tonight while they watch the olympics since I would like to use the mirroring to watch Hulu and ESPN3. I have a bunch of DVD's that I want to rip and use them with my ATV, tried it with the PS3 but there was always lag with MP4's unless I first loaded the movies either on the hd or memory stick.

I also have quite a few Blu-ray's and was wondering if anyone has had success with using an external drive to rip said movies with a Mac and the quality of the stream.

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MarkG21 said:

There are other programs but IMO, Handbrake is the best program and it's completely free. Just select the Apple TV 3 pre-set and your ready to encode.
http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

AFAIK, Handbrake only encodes movies (i.e., does not rip protective content)

I use Make MKV to rip my blu rays. It's free for a month for unlimited blu ray ripping. After that, I think it's $50.
http://makemkv.com/


Check out this thread to get more info:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/437954/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1395303/




What year is your mac that you want to airplay to in Mountain Lion? Only the newer macs will be able to do that (2011 and later)

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